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...meeting, after a discussion of pothole repair gave way to a critique of Kelley’s administrative approach. Councillors assailed Kelley for his tendency to request longer, more quantitative reports from City Manager Robert W. Healy than do the rest of his peers. The council spends a portion of each weekly meeting discussing reports from the city manager, who is responsible for implementing policy initiatives that the council promulgates. Last night’s tussle began during discussion of a report from Healy that investigated the city’s liability from safety hazards, such as potholes that...
...Clarke and Weisenthal followed their strong swims in day one with a 1-2 finish in the 500-yard freestyle. Junior Bridget O’Connor gave the Crimson another first place with a 55.89-second win in the 100-yard butterfly. In the dive portion of the meet, junior Samantha Papadakis, fresh off last weekend’s record-setting performance at Blodgett, captured the one-meter competition with 291 points and took second in the three-meter dive with 327.05 points. The event was Harvard’s last dual meet of the season, as the team will...
...Portion of children in the U.S. living in or near poverty...
...tweaks in aircraft operations that could nip carbon emissions even further. Virgin Atlantic airlines tycoon Richard Branson, who last year pledged $3 billion in the fight against climate change, advocates having planes towed on the ground rather than taxiing, which he has said could cut a yet unspecified portion of fuel on long flights. Emissions trading for the air industry could help as well, with airlines given carbon caps and then being required to purchase credits from other industries if they exceed their limits. But there's nothing on the horizon for aircraft with the carbon-cutting potential of hydrogen...
Perhaps the longest lasting piece of Kagan’s tenure will be the new student center, which the Law School plans to build in the place of what many consider to be one of Harvard’s biggest eye-sores, the Everett Street Garage. The largest portion of the $400 million capital campaign will be devoted to the student center and other physical improvements...